SCOPE Writing Contests

Where your students' writing gets rewarded!

Our contests add enthusiasm and motivation to your students' lives as writers—and we love the opportunity to enjoy and recognize your students' creativity and hard work. Scroll down to learn about all of our current contests, including our Fabulous First-Line Contest with Pam Muñoz Ryan. And be sure to visit this page throughout the school year! We'll announce winners and post info on new and ongoing contests.

Submission Information
All contest entries can be e-mailed to scopemag@scholastic.com. Please attach entries as Word documents or PDFs, include the contest name in the subject line, and include the e-mail address of the entrant's parent or legal guardian.

You can also mail entries to:
"Contest Name"
c/o Scope
P.O. Box 712
New York, NY 10013-0712

September 6, 2010, Entry Forms
(Click to download PDF entry forms)
Fabulous First-Line Contest
Tornado Contest
"Write a Caption" Contest

Fabulous First-Line Contest With Pam Muñoz Ryan
We couldn't be more delighted to start the school year with this exciting contest! Students create a compelling first sentence to kick off author Pam Muñoz Ryan's original Scope story.

Prize: One student's first line will be the start of Pam Muñoz Ryan's story, to appear in an April 2011 issue of Scope. The winner will also receive a $50 iTunes gift certificate. His or her class will receive a class set of Pam Muñoz Ryan's latest book, The Dreamer. The winner's teacher will win a free one-year subscription to Scope.

Click here to see our companion activities for this contest.

Deadline: October 15, 2010

Tornado Contest
After reading "We Should All Be Dead," students try their hand at journalism by writing an article about the Tornado Super Outbreak and survivor Vicki Gamble.

Prize: Ten winners will each receive a copy of Jim Murphy's latest work of narrative nonfiction, Truce.

Click here to see our companion activities for this contest.

Deadline: October 15, 2010

"Write a Caption" Contest

Students use our Word Match-Up vocabulary activity to capture the essence of a photo in a single sentence.

Prize: Three winners will each receive a copy of Christina Diaz Gonzalez's The Red Umbrella.

Click here to see our companion activities for this contest.

Deadline: October 15, 2010

Please note: Due to the volume of entries to our contests, contributions cannot be acknowledged and/or returned. Students' original contributions to Scope magazine or to contests, projects, and special features sponsored by Scope magazine, become the property of Scholastic Inc.